Sanitary seat-cover for toilets.



L. M. ENNIS. SANITARY SEAT C 0VER FOR TOILETS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I5. 1917.

Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 15, 1917. Serial No. 191,50.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, L NA MAY ENNIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State a of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inl Sanitary Seat- Covers for Toilets, of, which the following is a specification. I

' My invention relates to improvements in sanitary seat covers for toilets and the like, and has for one object to provide a new and improved form of such cover which will be adapted to fit and yieldingly cling to and hold itself in place on any ordinary toilet seat. Another object is to provide such a terial which may be easily put in place and easilyremoved and thrown away. Another object is to provide a coverWhiChWill fold fiflr into a preferably small compass so that it may be dispensed from any ordinary type im't the line 11 l1 of of dispensing machine."

' .Other objects of my invention Wlll of course appear from time to time in the speci-v 25 fication.

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Fig. 7 shows the coverfolded as in Fig. 6 inclosed in a container; i

Fig. .8 is a section on the line88 of Fig. ,9 shows a modified form of cover folded along its longer axis; v Fig. 10 shows the cover folded along line 1,010of Fig. 9; a

Fig. llis a sectionof the folded seat along -195 ,Fig'. 12 .is a section through a container with a number of covers in place. I Fig. 13. is a section along the line 13-13 of Fig. 12.

Like parts are indicated by :like letters throughout the specification.

A is a toilet seat apertured at A and hinged to a support A B is a flexible removable sanitary seat cover shaped to conform to and adapted to lie upon the seat. It hasa forward downwardly curved portion B adapted to conform closely to the curvature of the surface of the seat and so arranged that it extends beneath the seat as at B The seat cover is.

apertured as at B The aperture, however,

is smaller in cross sectional area than the aperture in the seat. The seat cover is made Patented not. a, if.

of paper, rubber, fabric or other suitable material and that. part of the cover immediately adjacent or surrounding the aperture is slotted or cut as indicated at B, so that when the cover is in use the material separates at the cuts and is depressed to conform to the curvature of the seat and extends down into the aperture therein as shown in Fig.

W till 3. Fll he purpose of these cuts is merely to localize the separation of the material of 5 which the cover is made and if a Suficiently elastic material is used these slits will not be necessary- Itis necessary, however, to provide means either .by shaping the I cover by providing sufficiently flexible cover or by cutting it whereby when the cover is i in use the central portion around the central aperture is bent down'intoand rests against.

and covers and protects the side walls of theperforation or aperture in the seat.

1., The rear portion ofthe cover-is flat and so it may be easily folded on the line 5-5 as indicated without interfering with the a shape of the front portion. I

'C is a cut in the front portion of the seat cover. This cut extends only through the curved portion 15 and is so arranged that when the cover first folded asin 5 is folded as in 6 the two curved portions 1B? B on either side of the center line 66 slide one withiuanother and engage one. another so that the total thickness of the package is but little greater than the total thickness of the cover ltself in the unfolded position. C is a box or carton adapted to contain the folded seat cover package and if desired it has a removable filler G of wood, cardnot heard or other material put in to .hold the- -top and bottom wallsof the carton apart to prevent crushing of the shaped seat cover.

In a modified form D is a flange surrounding aportion of thefront of the cover D applied by a hand wheel E This roller enand being pivoted at E to the case is yield! Y conform-to the toilet seat and adapted to lie which cover is in every respect exactly the same as the cover B. This flange is straight but inclined andengages the front edge of the seat. This flange, however, may be folded flat so that as shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11 the whole seat cover may be collapsed in a fiat paperpackage. No carton is in this connection needed to protect and hold the parts together. 1

Figs. 12 and 13 show a dispensing apparatus wherein the seat covers are suspended over a filler block E in a box IE adapted to be fed one after another by a feed roller E? gagesthe outer cover of the package and is adapted to force it outthrough the slot E in the bottom of the box E The filler block. E holds different parts of the covers apart ingly pressed to compress the covers toward the roller E by means of the spring E.

It will be evident that while I have shown in 'my drawings an operative device, still many changes might be made both in size, shape and arrangement of parts Without departing materially fromthe spirit of my invention and I wish, therefore, that my drawings be regarded as in a sense diagrammatic.

I claim 1. The combination with a toilet seat of a removable single piece seat cover shaped to upon and grip it, said seat cover being cut centrally so that the curved portions may fold one within another to form a package of relatively small compass.

2., The combination with a toilet seat of a removable single piece cover shaped to conform with the toilet seat and adapted to lie upon and grip it by its own shape and elasticity said seat cover having a centrally lo-- cated hole in register with the hole in the seat and a downwardly depending flange located about its exterior and integral therewith, said seat cover being adapted to fold into a package of relatively small compass.

3. The combination with a toilet seat of a removable slngle piece cover shaped to conform with the toilet seat and adapted to lie. upon and grip it by its ow'irshape and elas ticity said seat cover having a centrally located hole in register with the hole in the seat and a downwardly depending flange conform 'With the toilet seat and adapted to lie upon and grip it by its own shape and elasticity said seat cover having a centrally located hole in register with the hole in the seat and a downwardly depending flange located about its exterior and integral therewith said seat cover being cut centrally so that the curved portions may fold one within another to form a package of relatively small compass.

5. The combination with a toilet seat of a unit removable seat cover shaped to conform to the toilet seat and adapted to lie upon and grip it by means of its shape and elasticity said seat cover having a centrally located hole in the seatprop'er and two flanges, one about the outside of the cover and one about the hole, one of said flanges being adapted to positively grip and exert tension against the seat.

6. The combination with a toilet seat of a unit removableseat cover shaped to conform to the toilet seat and adapted to lie upon and grip it by means of its shape and elasticity said seat cover having a centrally located hole in register with the hole in the seat proper a flange depending about the outside of the cover adapted positively to grip the outside of the seat and exert tension thereon, anil a flange depending about the edge of the ho e.

7. The combination with a toilet seat of a unit removable seat cover shaped to conform to the toilet seat and adapted to lie upon and grip it "by means of its shape and elasticity said seat cover having a centrally located hole in register with the hole in the seat proper a flange depending about the outside of the cover adapted positively to grip the outside of the seat and exert tension thereon, and a flange depending about the edge of the hole the latter flange exertin no tension.

In testimony whereof, I a x my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 6th day of September, 1917.

LUNA MAY Ennis.

. Witnesses: MINNIE M. LINDENAU, I MARION L. INGRAHAM. 

